Activities of Constance LE GRIP related to 2011/2024(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of Professional Qualifications Directive (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC) PDF (243 KB) DOC (180 KB)
Amendments (26)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament’s resolution of 19 February 2009 on the creation of a European professional card for service providers (2008/2172(INI)),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas SOLVIT cases relating to professional qualifications numbered 220 in 2010, with over two-thirds of these cases emerging from just four Member States,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas around 100,000 decisions on recognition have occurred under the Directive since 2007, enabling the mobility of 85,000 professionals1, __________________ 1 European Commission, "Evaluation of the Professional Qualifications Directive", Brussels, 5 July 2011
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas health professionals are the most mobile among regulated professions in the EU, with around 57,200 doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, midwives and veterinary surgeons being granted recognition between 2007 and 2010,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Single Market Act highlighted the fact that modernising the system for recognising professional qualifications is key to enhancing economic growth and boosting the confidence of members of the professions and of the public,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a mandatory obligation for competent authorities to provide up-to- date contact information to all other competent authorities in their given profession;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages Member States, competent authorities andCalls on the Commission to coordinate and consolidate the various sources of information currently available to professionals - including National Contact Points (NCPs), SOLVIT, and professional bodies - byand to establishing an accessible online portal on the Commission’s website, which would provide relevant and up-to-date information on the recognition process, including administrative information on competent authorities and professional bodies and the documents to be submitted by professionals in order to secure recognition of their qualifications;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to further encourage mobility among professionals; argues that the relatively low numbers of mobile professionals is a cause for concern and suggests that strategies be devised in order to tackle this problem; underlines the result of the recent Eurobarometer survey according to which more than 50 per cent of young people in Europe are willing or keen to work abroad1; __________________ 1 European Commission - Flash Eurobarometer, "Youth on the Move: Analytical Report", May 2011
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to carry out a comparison of minimum training requirements and organise more regular exchanges between themselves, and also between the competent authorities, with a view to bringing minimum training requirements more closely into line;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to consider how to simplify the production of evidence of professional experience, for example by means of a certificate issued by a competent authority or organisation in the Member State in which the person concerned practises his or her profession;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for non-binding EU guidelines on the application of compensation measures, to be devised in consultation with competent authorities, professional bodies, Member States and the European Parliament;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the Code of Conduct should be circulated more widely to ensure the directive is implemented more effectively by promoting uniformity in the way its provisions are interpreted;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Argues that dialogue and exchanges of information within each individual profession must be enhanced, and cooperation between competent authorities and NCPs must be improved, both at national and intra-Member State level;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States and the competent authorities, with the support of the Commission, to institute studies with a view to establishing a European Competences, Qualifications and Occupations taxonomy in order to ascertain whether formal qualifications, and occupations, correspond to the same skills and qualifications in the various Member States and to develop a European analytical tool;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to update, in line with scientific and technical developments the current classification of economic activities for the automatic recognition systems based on professional experience and, the minimum training requirements for the sectoral professions, to update the current classification of economic activities based on professional experience and to establish a simple mechanism for continually updating minimum training requirements;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to update in line with scientific and technical developments the current classification of economic and health-sector activities for the automatic recognition systems based on professional experience and minimum training requirements, on the basis of the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Furthermore, calls on the Commission to enhance transparency by facilitating comparisons between Member States’ minimum training requirements;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Argues that fewer regulated professions would enhance the mobility and job prospects of citizens and help to facilitate much needed economic growth;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the call from stakeholders to place greater emphasis on continuous professional development (CPD); calls for the Commission to clarify the definition of CPD; encourages competent authorities to provide information on CPD during the recognition process and to exchange best practices in this area, and also to exchange between themselves information on CPD in those sectors and Member States in which it is mandatory;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the Commission not to fragment the process of modernising automatic recognition, as is suggested in the Green Paper, and to ensure that Parliament is given proper oversight when making substantial changes to the Directive;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Insists that the proactive alert mechanism conforms to existing data protection provisions;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that an extension of the recognition procedure to cover third- country qualifications may give rise to abuses of the system in the form of forum shopping and would be excessively burdensometremely dangerous for competent authorities in the host Member State;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Insists that, for healthcare professionals, the ability to communicate with colleagues and patients is fundamental in order to avoid dangerous or potentially life-threatening situations;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports the extension of the IMI to professions not yet covered by the Services Directive; is information system, as set out in the proposal for a Regulation on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System 1 ( ‘the IMI Regulation’), and to the professions which are not covered by Directive No 2005/36; 1 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’), COM(2011)522 final
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights that the concept of common platforms, as outlined in Article 15 of the directive, has not been successful in that no such platforms currently exist; argues that they have the potential to be useful tools in facilitating mobility and that they should be defined and controlled by the professionals themselves; calls on the Commission to clarify the concept in a revised article and to evaluate the proposal to lower the threshold for Member State participation;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers thatEagerly awaits the results of the concept of a voluntargoing professional card pilot projects; insists that any Pprofessional Ccard, which must be linked to an electronic database such as the IMI, must be voluntary and must be linked to the IMI system; believes that a voluntary professional card could be a useful tool to aid mobility for some professions; stresses that any cardthe introducetion of any card must meet specific safety and data protection conditions and insists that the necessary safeguards against abuse and fraud must be established;